Trump asks Manhattan hush money judge to throw out guilty verdict after Supreme Court’s immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump on Monday asked a Manhattan judge to throw out his conviction in a hush-money lawsuit following a Supreme Court ruling that affirmed his absolute immunity for official duties as president. The request was made in a letter sent by the 78-year-old former president’s lawyers to Judge Juan Merchan, asking the judge […]
John Dean says Nixon 'would have survived' Watergate under immunity ruling
John Dean, a former White House counsel during the Nixon administration, said former President Nixon “would have been able to get through” the Watergate scandal if the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling on Monday had been handed down, giving former presidents little or no immunity from criminal prosecution for actions taken in office. Asked what would […]
Trump lawyers move to overturn Manhattan conviction in light of Supreme Court immunity ruling
Former President Donald Trump is seeking to overturn his conviction in his Manhattan hush money trial using the Supreme Court’s recent immunity decision. The Supreme Court’s Monday immunity decision most directly affected Trump’s Jan. 6 indictment, but the former president’s team believes it equally applies to his hush money case as well, the New York […]
Trump seeks to set aside hush money verdict after immunity ruling: source
Former President Trump on Monday asked the hush money judge to vacate his recent conviction following the Supreme Court’s immunity decision, according to a person familiar with the matter. The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 along the ideological line that former presidents enjoy absolute immunity with respect to core constitutional powers and a presumption of immunity […]
Joe Biden on Supreme Court Immunity Ruling: ‘American People Must Decide’
President Joe Biden slammed the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling on Monday that presidents have limited immunity from criminal prosecution for acts committed while in office. “No one is above the law, not even the president of the United States,” Biden said in a live address to the nation. “The Supreme Court’s decision today on […]
Johnson dismisses Democratic 'hyperbole' over immunity ruling: 'It's madness'
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-Louisiana, on Monday dismissed Democrats’ concerns about the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity, calling their worries about the president’s future crimes “insane.” “Look, there’s all this exaggeration tonight… and all these fantastical hypotheses that they’ve made up. [that] “Future presidents will be assassins and other criminals,” Johnson said in an […]
Trump moves to overturn Manhattan criminal case after SCOTUS immunity decision
Supreme Court Issues Important Decision on Presidential Immunity Fox News correspondent Brian Lenas reports on former President Trump’s reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity that will impact Special Counsel Jack Smith’s election subversion case. Former President Trump reportedly moved to overturn his conviction in the Manhattan case on Monday after the U.S. […]
Biden: Trump's immunity decision leaves 'virtually no limits' on presidency
President Biden on Monday sharply criticized the Supreme Court’s decision to give presidents most immunity from criminal prosecution while in office, calling it a “dangerous precedent.” “In effect, today’s ruling almost certainly means that there are effectively no limits on presidential action. This is a fundamentally new principle,” Biden said in a speech at the […]
Biden slams SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling, ignores questions about dropping out
In a speech Monday night, President Biden slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in the case Trump v. United States, saying the ruling means there are effectively no limits on what the president can do. The president spoke for less than five minutes — about four minutes and 40 seconds to be exact […]
Biden speaks on Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling
President Biden addressed the nation on Monday night following the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity in the case President Trump v. United States. The Supreme Court ruled that a former president was a major Immunity from prosecution It applies to official conduct done while in office, but not to unofficial conduct. In a 6-3 […]